Posted Tue, Aug 17, 2:03 p.m.

Oh please! Dick's is huuuuugely overrated! I grew up eating Dick's burgers, and yes, I'd rather eat one than McDonald's - but they are certainly not the "best" burgers. I don't blame Hugo for thinking they use frozen patties, as the meat is small, squished, poor to mediocre quality that ...

Posted Fri, Jun 25, 3:21 p.m.

It is my cynical opinion that very few white residents purchase homes in 98118 because they love the diversity. The diversity statement makes a fantastic politically correct argument for why you bought in a neighborhood others might consider "sketchy". Columbia City and other 98118 'hoods are some of the last ...

Posted Fri, Jun 25, 2:52 p.m.

I'm not generally a big booster of Columbia City, though I now call it home. I married into the neighborhood and would not have chosen it on my own accord. But wfprice's baffling comment has me ready to rumble in Columbia City's defense. What is this "younger white culture" that ...

Posted Wed, Jun 16, 3:53 p.m.

As someone who was out partying most weekends through my 20's, I'm generally sympathetic to the nightlife scene and not keen to shutting the bars down to appease nimby's. I'm all for cracking down on bars that are hot spots of criminal activity and violence, or enforcing codes for amplified ...

Posted Wed, Jun 16, 9:48 a.m.

mhays- Sounds like you're talking about the former Mira in the Labor Temple. I recall the short-lived summer of mayhem surrounding that place. I'm not sure that it was a live band though, I think it might have just been a DJ or other amplified recorded music (not sure though). ...